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Leila Hafzi AW 2013/2014: Wedding wonders

Imagine yourself as a bride with a floating dress in chiffon and silk - making you light as a bird, beatuiful as a swan and beaming like a princess. The sustainable designer Leila Hafzi displayed wonderful wedding gowns and clothes for festive occations at the catwalk in Kunstnernes Hus under Oslo Fashion Week on Friday 8th of February.

Text and photos: Hanne Erøy.

Leila Hafzi´s tailored fall and winter collection is a part of the wedding, party and couture clothing line named ´Royaye Sefid´. This specific collection is called "Mayalu", which is Nepalese for ´my darling´. The dresses are inspired by prayer flags hanging over rooftops in Kathmandu, in the country where the dresses are made. The technique with roughly cut silk and chiffon, makes it look worn by the wind and sun - like the flags.

Vintage look
The wedding gowns get a romantic, soft but yet rough and ruffled look, adding a touch of bohemian beauty, vintage and nostalgia. Model and blogger Maria Skappel wore a stunning, strapless gown with a transparent skirt in chiffon beaded with silk roses. The color scheme for the wedding gowns and party collection consists of white, champagne, pink powder, purple and black.

Side 2 Catwalk asked Leila Hafzi about the inspiration for the collection, and she said:

- First and foremost, the woman and bride herself. This is, after all, her dream day. But I also look inside my self when I design, and I think about what I would have chosen for myself. Then, I think bohemian and Paris in the 40s and 50s. I want it to look like the dress have been put in an old chest, only to be rediscovered, brushed offand used.